Everyone knows that the weather around here is absolutely crazy (would you believe it’s spring right now)!? It’s especially noticeable how weather is a mutual thing that binds all former and present day Calgarians together. However, it seems that this year particularly, the weather hasn’t been able to make up its mind and I think we have experienced everything from hail, to snow to thunderstorms and sun in this past week alone. I have noted with much amusement how my friends’ Facebook statuses seem to speak of the same, rhetorical statements against Calgary’s wild weather. In light of all this, here is a fun poem I wrote:
Have you heard of seasonal changes that happen four times a year?
They tell you if summer is coming or if autumn is very near.
Or they may even dismiss winter with a breeze,
and welcome spring with open arms when there is nothing more to freeze.
First let’s begin with autumn, who is introduced in September,
he huffs and puffs all the way through October and November.
If you haven’t met him yet, let me warn you now,
cold is his middle name though you may wonder how.
Next comes winter cold and bitter with a heart of stone,
make sure no matter what you do, don’t confront him alone.
From December all the way till March he lies ever day in wait,
and never saves a single passerby from their frosty fate.
After that comes spring marking a new beginning,
she opens up the flower buds and makes the birds sing.
From April to June she takes charge of the weather,
with this in mind there will only be need of a light sweater.
Finally summer comes (a long awaited visit),
she stays awhile, talks awhile and does her toasty bit.
And when three months later from July, she sadly has to go,
She remarks (with a twinkle in her eye), I’ll be back before you know.